In February 1874 she and her sister María Dolores travelled to the convent of Poor Clares in their hometown in order to discern what their vocation was.

[1] The congregation would grow with new institutes being formed in Zaragoza (1885) and Bilbao (1886) in Spain and with a house in Rome (1892) being established as well.

She was appointed as the Superior and remained in that post until 3 March 1893 when she resigned and anointed her sister as her successor; she then withdrew to the house in Rome and spent the remainder of her life there.

She was proclaimed to be venerable on 13 May 1949 after Pope Pius XII recognized the fact that she had indeed lived a model and pious life of heroic virtue.

Pope Pius presided over her beatification on 18 May 1952 after he approved two healings deemed to be miracles wrought from her direct intercession.

The miracle received papal approval on 13 November 1976 and allowed for Pope Paul VI to canonize on 23 January 1977.